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Letters .Patent No. 62,567, dated .March 5, .1867.

IMPROVED MOP WRINGER..

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, LA FOREST ROLLINS, of Bangor, in the county ofPenobscot, and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful MopWringer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of' the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective v iew of my inventionapplied to a common mop.

Figure 2 is a similar View, butshowing the operation of the wringen; and

Figure 3 is a detached view ofthe lower part of the wringer.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalgures.

The nature of my invention consists in a wringer, which is easilyattached to the handle of any kind of mop, and to which the lower end ofthe wiper is secured, so that by actuating the wring'er the water iseieetually expelled from the wiper.

In the drawings, A represents the handle of the mop, and a the head, inwhich is secured one end of the cloth or wiper C, the other end beingfastened to the wringer d by the clamp c and thumb-nuts ff, which secureand hold the clamp. The wringer al is formed of a round metallic rod,flattened at its lower end to receive the clamp e, as shown, while itsupper end-is bent to form a short crank by which to actuate it inwringing. bis a vmetallic plate, formed with a longitudinal concavity tolit the handle A, and is secured thereto by screws.' Two studs, c c, areformed upon this plate, and the wringer-rod d passes through holes inthe studs, which thus serve to hold rod d in its proper position.

When'the mop is being:r used, the wringer is in the position shownin'ig. l, thus leaving the upper part of handle A free and unineumbered;while the process of wringing` is clearly shown in iig. 2, the rod dbeing:r revolved by the crank at its upper end, serves to twist thewiper O, thus eifectually expelling the water therefrom.

,'.lhe mop-hond a, which secures the wiper, may be of any of thenumerous kinds in use, and I do not claim the mop, or any part thereof;but what I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The wringer, as constructed, with cranked rod CZ, the adjustable clampe, and connectionb, all constructed and arranged to operate:substantially as and for the purposes speciiedf.

LA FOREST ROLLINS.

Witnesses:

H. L. MITCHELL, GEO. M. Fourmi.

